Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! = 中秋節快樂 (traditional characters) = 中秋节快乐 (simplified characters), this greeting is read as Zhōng qiū jié kuài lè. The festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar and it falls on September 16 this year (2016). The dates for the Mid-Autumn festival in the next a few years are as below.
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October 4, 2017
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September 24, 2018
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September 13, 2019
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October 1, 2020
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September 21, 2021
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September 22, 2022
Zhōng qiū jié – 中秋節 – 中秋节 is a celebration of harvest in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Vietnam.
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There are many folktales about the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also referred to as the “Moon Festival.” Do you know the story of the Moon Fairy and the rabbit?
Chinese eat special dishes during this holiday. Have you ever tried a mooncakes 月餅|月饼 read as “Yuè bǐng.” Do you know that Chinese eat pomelos 柚子 “yòu zi, ” some people also call it 文旦 “wén dàn” during the Mid-Autumn Festival season? Some Chinese children put the peel of this large fruit on their head like a hat for fun. Can you find mooncakes and pomelos in a supermarket near you?
Here Miss Panda’s book picks to learn more about Mid Autumn Festival and the Chinese Culture.
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- Thanking the Moon
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- Celebrating Mid-Autumn Fesgtival
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- Mooncakes
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- Round is a Mooncake
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- The Moon Lady
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- Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook
Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival by Grace Lin.
Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival by
Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook – Tuttle Publishing
